Synthetic drug production and trafficking in the region, particularly out of Myanmar’s Shan State, has grown exponentially in recent years, says former foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh.

Myanmar 's military has recaptured a strategic gateway town from rebel forces after nearly a year, state-media reported ...

Bloody conflict has splintered many families in Myanmar over the past four years. But for one set of siblings, a surprise ...

Myanmar’s regime is close to retaking rebel-held Nawnghkio, a strategic gateway to northern Shan State, as it moves into the ...

Junta airstrikes caused 35 civilian casualties—eight deaths and 27 injuries—in a 48-hour period earlier this week as the ...

Shan state has largely kept out of the protracted civil war, in which an assortment of armed groups are battling the junta.

Over the past year, Beijing has mediated talks between the Myanmar military and the Three Brotherhood Alliance of ethnic armed groups, which made significant gains in northern Shan State in late ...

The situation is exacerbated by civil war and a lack of environmental oversight, creating an ecological crisis.

Heavy rain for nearly a week triggered flooding in northern and central Myanmar, impacting hundreds of people already reeling from ongoing civil war and a recent deadly earthquake. Extensive flooding ...

China has a growing ability to dictate outcomes on the ground in Myanmar. For resistance forces, the implications are profound.